Victoria Briggs
@victoriabriggs.bsky.social
Gen X-er. N.London. Third sector comms lead. Words, music, news & culture. Views all my own.
No, I won’t be buying a mattress that’s the price of a small landholding.
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
No, I won’t be buying a mattress that’s the price of a small landholding.
Key takeaway: keep a bottle of bleach on hand for when the cerebral organoids get uppity 😱
Are AI systems on the verge of becoming conscious? If so, what should we do?🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The people who believe that AI might become conscious
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Key takeaway: keep a bottle of bleach on hand for when the cerebral organoids get uppity 😱
May 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Reposted by Victoria Briggs
Don’t you just miss the raw, unsaccharine, joyful 90s?
Bjork performing "Army of Me" with Skunk Anansie on Top of the Pops (1995)
April 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Don’t you just miss the raw, unsaccharine, joyful 90s?
If all London pubs had live Tube updates installed then the two occasions I’ve missed flights might well have been averted.
In the Arnos Arms: pints & the Piccadilly line.
In the Arnos Arms: pints & the Piccadilly line.
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If all London pubs had live Tube updates installed then the two occasions I’ve missed flights might well have been averted.
In the Arnos Arms: pints & the Piccadilly line.
In the Arnos Arms: pints & the Piccadilly line.
RIP Tim Radford, who was - in the words of Holden Caulfield - a real prince.
His ‘manifesto for the simple scribe’, written in another time, remains total gold 👇
His ‘manifesto for the simple scribe’, written in another time, remains total gold 👇
Tim Radford, former Guardian science editor, dies aged 84
Tim Radford, former Guardian science editor, dies aged 84
Tributes paid to journalist remembered for infectious enthusiasm for science and talent for turning a phrase
Tim Radford, the Guardian’s former science editor and mentor to a generation of writers who followed in his footsteps, has died aged 84.
His…
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
RIP Tim Radford, who was - in the words of Holden Caulfield - a real prince.
His ‘manifesto for the simple scribe’, written in another time, remains total gold 👇
His ‘manifesto for the simple scribe’, written in another time, remains total gold 👇
Patti Smith will perform her iconic debut album 'Horses' in full on a 50th anniversary tour www.brooklynvegan.com/patti-smith-...
Patti Smith announces 'Horses' 50th anniversary tour
Patti Smith will perform her iconic, game-changing 1975 debut album in full on a tour across the US, the UK, and Europe.
www.brooklynvegan.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We’ve either entered Revelations end-times territory, or ‘suspected’ is doing some very heavy lifting indeed.
River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak
River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak
Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area
A small river in greater Buenos Aires was dyed a deep and worrying shade of red on Thursday after what is thought to have been a leak of dye from a nearby factory.
The…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We’ve either entered Revelations end-times territory, or ‘suspected’ is doing some very heavy lifting indeed.
Since when did charity TV ads come this good? Beautiful, uplifting work from the EY Foundation - complete with dissonant guitars and Derek Jarman 'Jubilee' vibes. All the more impressive coming from a non-household brand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEsi...
Access their skills
YouTube video by EY Foundation
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Since when did charity TV ads come this good? Beautiful, uplifting work from the EY Foundation - complete with dissonant guitars and Derek Jarman 'Jubilee' vibes. All the more impressive coming from a non-household brand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEsi...
Long time since I’ve been stopped in my tracks by a TV ad but the Papaya one is such a cinematic throwback to when ads could be something like an art form that I can’t stop watching it (killer soundtrack helps of course…)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=23_M...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=23_M...
Papaya: Swing Tv Commercial Ad USA December 2024
YouTube video by Valleywood
m.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Long time since I’ve been stopped in my tracks by a TV ad but the Papaya one is such a cinematic throwback to when ads could be something like an art form that I can’t stop watching it (killer soundtrack helps of course…)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=23_M...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=23_M...
Octopus overlords a definite step-up on the current variety running the show
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Clever octopuses in 'pole position' to dominate planet if humans die out
Although the octopus is unlikely to develop into a full land animal, it is clever enough to extend the 30 minutes it can live out of water to develop new hunting methods
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Octopus overlords a definite step-up on the current variety running the show
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...